EP2825639B1 - Use of centrifugation-aided infection to increase virus titer - Google Patents

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EP2825639B1
EP2825639B1 EP13761659.5A EP13761659A EP2825639B1 EP 2825639 B1 EP2825639 B1 EP 2825639B1 EP 13761659 A EP13761659 A EP 13761659A EP 2825639 B1 EP2825639 B1 EP 2825639B1
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  • the present invention relates to the use of centrifugation-aided infection to increase virus titer.
  • This invention relates to increasing the sensitivity of virus titer assay resulting in an increase in the calculated titer of a virus stock. More particularly, it relates to the use of centrifugation-aided infection procedure to increase contact between a virus or virus-like particle and an indicator cell monolayer, for the purpose of maximizing infection probability, thus increasing the measured virus titer.
  • This increased virus titer can be beneficial in the calculated log reduction value (LRV) in virus clearance studies,
  • Biopharmaceutical products such as monoclonal antibodies, recombinant proteins, vaccines, blood derivatives and animal products carry a risk of transmitting infectious viruses, This is due to source material possibly being intrinsically contaminated with viruses or virus-like particles. Additionally, manufacturing processes of biopharmaceutical products are susceptible to virus contamination from extrinsic sources. As a result, manufacturers of biopharmaceutical products are required to incorporate sufficient virus clearance steps into their manufacturing processes to ensure that their products are contaminant virus-free. Such virus clearance steps typically involve virus removal steps, virus inactivation steps or a combination of these steps. It is a safety and regulatory imperative that manufacturing processes of biopharmaceutical products incorporate these virus clearance steps.
  • virus clearance evaluation is to assess the capability of a manufacturing production process to inactivate and/or remove potential virus contaminants.
  • Spiking studies are typically used to evaluate and validate virus clearance steps in a scaled down model of a production-scale process.
  • Spiking studies are performed by adding virus to (or "spiking") biopharmaceutical process intermediate material.
  • the material or “feed” is then taken thrq1ough a miniaturized version of a manufacturing process step (or “unit operation”).
  • the amount of virus in the feed before and after the unit operation is quantified, and the difference defines the virus reduction of the step.
  • the virus reduction is typically expressed in terms of log 10 reduction value (LRV). This type of study is called “virus clearance,” “virus reduction”, or “virus validation.”
  • the total LRV for a process is obtained by performing scaled down viral clearance studies for each relevant process step.
  • the LRVs obtained for each step are then added together to obtain the total LRV for the process. Only unit operation LRVs that are "orthogonal" may be added together in this way, meaning that each step that makes up the LRV sum must eliminate virus by a different mechanism.
  • the virus assays most commonly used to quantify virus contaminants in virus clearance studies are tissue culture limiting dose 50% (TCID 50 ), plaque-forming unit (PFU), and focus-forming unit (FFU) assays. Each of these assays operates by exposing dilutions of the material to be tested to suitable cells in culture. After a sufficient amount of time, the cells are then inspected for signs of virus infection, usually by microscope. The number of infectious events detected at each dilution is then used to calculate the virus titer.
  • tissue culture limiting dose 50% TCID 50
  • PFU plaque-forming unit
  • FFU focus-forming unit
  • the virus titer in the post-step material is assumed to be less than or equal to the limit of detection for the virus assay.
  • the limit of detection is dependent upon the amount of material assayed; screening of greater sample volumes lowers the limit of detection. Assuming no virus is detected in post step material, the LRV determined for the operation ultimately depends on only two factors: the amount of material surveyed/assayed for the presence of virus (which determines the limit of detection), and the titer of virus in the spiked feed material.
  • the maximum virus titer obtainable in spiked feed is limited by the titer of the virus stock. Regulatory guidelines specify that feed materials should not be spiked with a volume of virus stock higher than 10% of the combined volume. Moreover, practical considerations of the impact of the virus spike on the performance of the unit operation often limit the percentage of virus spike to a lower value. In any case, higher titer virus stocks enable higher titer spiking of feed material, This in turn means that higher titer virus stocks enable the demonstration of higher LRVs for a highly effective virus clearance steps.
  • the limit of detection of the virus assay when 10 mL of sample is surveyed is 0.5 log 10 TCID 50 /mL.
  • the unit operation to be tested is a filtration step, with no change in volume of the material across the step.
  • the feed material may only be spiked with a maximum of 1 % virus stock due to limitations of the filter. If the titer of the virus stock is 7.0 log 10 TCID 50 /mL, the titer in the 1% spiked feed material would be 5.0 log 10 DTCID 50 /mL. If the unit operation resulted in the detection of no virus in the post-step material, the LRV reported would be " ⁇ 4.5" (5.0-0.5). However, if the virus stock available had a measured titer of 8.0 log 10 TCID 50 /mL, the reported LRV would be " ⁇ 5.5", indicating measured evidence of a 10-fold greater ability of that step to remove virus.
  • virus clearance validation is an expensive process, so it is desirable to minimize the number of steps that must be validated. Therefore, virus stocks of higher observed measured titer can enable higher LRVs to be obtained for each unit operation, facilitating achievement of targets using a minimum of process steps, thereby resulting in significant cost savings.
  • the assays used to determine infectious virus titer are typically inefficient in that they do not detect every infectious virus particle present in the material.
  • the efficiency of these assays is affected by a number of factors including the cell lines used, media additives, and environmental conditions. It is apparent that biopharmaceutical manufacturers need an economical technique to increase the efficiency of virus assays, and thus Increase the measured titer of a virus sample while in turn minimizing the added complexity and the number of steps that must be validated.
  • An increase in the observed measured titer of a virus sample IS of great benefit for virus clearance studies because this can increase the LRVs that can be demonstrated for highly effective virus clearance operations.
  • the present invention provides a process as defined in claim 1 for Xenotropic murine Leukemia virus (X-MuLV) increasing the observed titer of a virus stock for the purpose of increasing the calculated log reduction (LRV) in virus clearance studies.
  • X-MuLV Xenotropic murine Leukemia virus
  • the invention is directed towards the centrifugation of tissue culture plates to improve the detection of a retrovirus in TCID 50 assays, using spinoculation to increase the observed titer of a virus stock for the purpose of increasing the calculated log reduction (LRY) in virus clearance studies.
  • Spinoculation is used to increase the efficiency of cell infection of virus at low titers, so that infections take place at dilutions of virus samples where they otherwise would most likely not. This results in virus stocks designated as having a higher calculated virus titer values than they would otherwise, and thus virus spikes of higher titer can be used in virus clearance. Because virus clearance steps often reduce virus to the point where the virus can no longer be detected, this higher spike results in a higher calculated LRY.
  • Fig. 1 is a graphical representation of the measured virus titer vs. centrifugation time.
  • ranges disclosed herein are to be understood to encompass all subranges subsumed therein.
  • a range of "1 to 10" includes any and all subranges between (and including) the minimum value of 1 and the maximum value of 10, that is, any and all subranges having a minimum value of equal to or greater than 1 and a maximum value of equal to or less than 10, e.g., 5.5 to 10.
  • Contamination of biopharmaceutical products e.g., antibodies, recombinant proteins, vaccines, blood derivatives, plasma, and animal products, etc., by bacteria, viruses, prions, and the like, is a serious risk that needs to be sufficiently addressed.
  • Contamination can arise by different ways. For example, it can occur because the source material (e.g ., the cells in a cell culture, the blood product, etc. ) is intrinsically contaminated with viruses.
  • biopharmaceutical products are also susceptible to virus contamination from extrinsic sources (e.g. , inadvertent introduction from use of non-sterile or improperly sterilized materials), Because of the nature of the products, manufacturers of biopharmaceutical products are highly regulated and are required to incorporate sufficient virus clearance steps into their manufacturing processes to ensure that their products are contaminant-free. Multiple virus clearance steps can be incorporated into a manufacturing process. Each of these virus clearance steps needs to be evaluated for its effectiveness and thus, validated before a biopharmaceutical manufacturing process is approved. Virus clearance steps typically involve either virus removal steps or virus inactivation steps.
  • Virus removal means a method in which the virus is physically removed from the sample. This is often achieved by either nanofiltration or chromatography. Nanofiltration techniques remove viruses by size exclusion. The success of chromatographic methods for removing viruses depends on the column composition and the reagents (e.g ., buffers) used.
  • virus inactivation means a method in which the viruses may remain in the final product, but in a non-infective (inactive) form. Many viruses contain lipid or protein coats that can be inactivated by chemical alteration. Alternatively, some viral inactivation processes denature the virus completely. Examples of virus inactivation methods include solvent and/or detergent inactivation, pasteurization (e.g ., heating to high temperatures), pH inactivation (e.g ., using an acidic pH), and irradiation (e.g ., ultraviolet (UV) or gamma irradiation).
  • solvent and/or detergent inactivation pasteurization (e.g ., heating to high temperatures)
  • pH inactivation e.g ., using an acidic pH
  • irradiation e.g ., ultraviolet (UV) or gamma irradiation
  • the concentration of a contaminating virus, or the risk of virus contamination, in a manufacturing process may be extremely low, but, because viruses are by their nature infective, even one viral particle can be sufficient to ruin an entire run in a manufacturing process. It is for this reason that special measures must be taken to determine the appropriate removal or inactivation methods in a manufacturing process. As such, the effectiveness of such virus clearance methods needs to be evaluated and validated. Spiking studies were created specifically for this purpose.
  • Virus stocks of as high a titer as possible are desirable. This is due in part because the volume of virus spike that can be added to a test system is limited by Government Mandated Regulatory Guidelines (e.g ., The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)).
  • FDA Food and Drug Administration
  • the titer of the virus stock therefore determines the maximum possible concentration of virus spiked into the test material. As a result, the actual capacity of the test unit to clear virus in the production process may be underestimated. Current limitations of our knowledge of virus production has resulted in methods that lack the capacity to produce virus stocks of high purity and high titer.
  • the techniques provided herein increase the efficiency of virus titration assays, resulting in virus stocks having a measured virus titer about tenfold (10-fold) higher than the virus titer would be if measured in the absence of these techniques. This increase in measured virus titer is of great benefit for virus clearance studies because this can increase the LRVs that can be demonstrated for highly effective virus clearance operations.
  • the Tissue Culture Infectious Dose 50% (TCID 50 ) assay is a method for counting the number of infectious viral particles in a sample.
  • the TCID 50 is the quantity of a pathogenic agent (virus) that will produce a cytopathic effect in 50% of the cultures inoculated.
  • the TCID 50 value is proportional to, but not the same as, the number of infectious virions in a sample. Titers determined using this method are typically reported as TCID 50 /ml.
  • a maximum possible titer for the sample is determined using a Minimal Limit of Detection (LOD) calculation.
  • LOD Minimal Limit of Detection
  • Infectious virus titer is usually quantified by either plaque-forming unit (PFU) assay or tissue culture infectious dose 50% (TCID 50 ) assay. Both of these techniques involve adding serial dilutions of a virus-containing solution to a tissue culture containing susceptible host cells. The amount of virus in the original sample is then calculated by counting the number of infection events on the cells. The amount of virus detected by these assays is limited by the ability of the virus to infect the host cells and the rate at which it does so.
  • PFU plaque-forming unit
  • TCID 50 tissue culture infectious dose 50%
  • centrifugation of tissue culture or assay plates i.e., a process referred to herein as spinoculation or centrifugal inoculation of cell cultures
  • spinoculation or centrifugal inoculation of cell cultures appears to improve the detection of retrovirus in TCID 50 assay.
  • Xenotropic murine leukemia viruses X-MuLV
  • X-MuLV Xenotropic murine leukemia viruses
  • that centrifugation or spinoculation step of the tissue culture plates after the virus has been added to the cell lines on the plate unexpectedly increases the sensitivity of the TCID 50 assay such that the virus titer of the original stock is calculated to be approximately 10-fold higher than when the TCID 50 assay is performed by standard methods.
  • the TCID 50 assay is performed as a usual standard TCID 50 assay known in the art.
  • the measured titer of a virus stock is dependent upon the methods and/or processes used to determine that measurement.
  • modifying a standard TCID 50 assay by the spinoculation process as taught herein provides an unexpectedly increased sensitivity to the titer of a virus stock, which has the benefit of effectively increasing the titers of existing virus stocks (e.g ., X-MuLV) by 10-fold.
  • LRV log reduction values
  • spinoculation techniques as taught herein unexpectedly provides the ability to achieve an extra 1 LRV to virus filtration steps, which typically result in no virus being detected in the filtrate.
  • the spinoculation technique taught herein can be used at every virus clearance step, and potentially add 1 LRV to each step that is effective enough to reduce virus to non-detectible levels, This could potentially add a total of 2 to 4 LRV for retrovirus to typical MAb processes.
  • X-MuLV Xenotropic murine leukemia virus
  • Fig. 1 is a graphical representation of the measured virus titer vs. centrifugation time.
  • a X-MuLV stock was titrated by standard TCID 50 methods, with the addition of centrifugation of the 96-well plates at 1800 RPM for various times after addition of the virus. As the plates were spun over increasing time periods, a gradual increase in measured virus titer was seen, with the greatest increases occurring within the first 60 minutes.

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